BEFORE THERE WERE TAXES
AND THEN THERE WERE TAXES
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
WAR, HUH, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS
100
We helped the French fight because all they wanted to do was trade and not take our land.
Who are the Native Americans?
100
This placed a tax on all printed paper goods in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
He formed the Sons of Liberty in Boston to protest taxes by boycotting British goods.
Who is Samuel (Sam) Adams?
100
Colonists who wanted to fight against Britain and start their own country.
Who are Patriots?
100
I'm a Frenchman. I was so wealthy that when I helped fight for America, I was able to pay the troops I led with my own money!
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
200
This area had fertile soil that would be good for farming and access to the major rivers.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
200
The colonists rally cry towards taxes.
"No Taxation Without Representation!"
200
King George III closed the harbor until the colonists paid back money for the tea.
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
200
The first Battles of the Revolutionary War also known as the "shot Heard 'Round the World."
What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
200
I used the technique of guerilla warfare to defeat the British in the South and. I navigated those swamps so well they started calling me the "Swamp Fox!"
Francis Marion
300
This document stated that the colonists were not allowed to cross the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
This lowered the tax on sugar/molasses in an effort to stop smuggling but allowed officers to search and take goods from colonists without going to court.
What is the Sugar Act?
300
"Among these are LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS"
What are Unalienable Rights?
300
Although not an actual battle, the Continental Army battled against nature, not having clothes/shoes, and low food.
What is the Winter at Valley Forge?
300
This ended the war and recognized America as its own country.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
400
Arguments over the Ohio River Valley eventually let to this.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
This is not a tax, but it required colonists to house British Troops in their homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
400
Written mostly by Thomas Jefferson, voted for on July 2, 1776 and signed on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
I am the "Father of the American Navy" and when my ship was damaged I did not surrender I let those Redcoats know, " I have not yet begun to fight!"
Who is John Paul Jones?
400
America's borders after the signing of the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
What is from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
500
The illustrator this political cartoon suggested the colonies join together under the Albany Plan of the Union to be stronger against the French.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
This declared that Parliament had the right to tax the colonists if they wanted, when they wanted, and how much they wanted.
What is the Declaratory Act?
500
This group was dedicated to informing the other colonies about the Boston Massacre and other events.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
500
The turning point of the Revolutionary war when the French helped the colonists and claimed a victory.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
George Washington captured British Generals, including Cornwallis, with surprise attacks on land and sea, thus resulting in the British surrendering.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?